I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume that you learn from one, and you do something better next time. ↗
When I was growing up, it was 'Communists'. Now it's 'Terrorists'. So you always have to have somebody to fight and be afraid of, so the war machine can build more bombs, guns, and bullets and everything. ↗
A good athlete always mentally replays a competition over and over, even in victory, to see what might be done to improve the performance the next time. ↗
When you are caring about your children perhaps you always have to remember at what point you can become over involved because of something you need rather than something the child needs. ↗
I think that public service is tough on a family - no ifs, ands, buts about it. I have my own personal wishes, but they're not always front and center. ↗